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After studying classical piano for 10 years under the tuition of his father, Dominic was awarded the Alan Hawkshaw scholarship to study jazz at Leeds College of Music. In early 2010 one of his original compositions 'Counting Pennies' was broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Jazz Line-Up, and in summer he went on to win the prestigious LCM Piano Prize.
After being accepted on to the Masters course at Conservatorium van Amsterdam in autumn of the same year, DJM worked on developing his compositional output and studying the traditional jazz idiom more closely. He was also lucky enough to receive guidance from the likes of Kurt Rosenwinkel, Aaron Parks, Dave Douglas, Gerald Clayton, John Riley, Dick Oatts, Brad Mehldau and Ambrose Akinmusire. His first trio CD 'The Oneness' was recorded, self-produced and released in this time, Chris Parker of LondonJazz calling it 'a striking debut'.
In April 2011 Dominic received The Countess of Munster Musical Trust Award for young British musicians of exceptional ability. Since graduating 'Cum Laude' in May 2012 with a 10, he has continued to play at major jazz venues in the UK, Spain, Russia, Germany, Sweden, the Baltic states and Holland.
In September 2012 his second trio CD 'Icaros' was released on the F-IRE Label ('...certainly on a par with any other piano trio I’ve heard this year, if not better. A five-star offering if ever there was one.' - JJ Wheeler) and went on to win Best International Jazz Album 2012 on TokyoJazzNotes, a well-respected jazz website based in Japan.
In March 2013 Dominic was awarded a full grant from Musicians Benevolent Fund's Emerging Excellence Award with which to record his third album, which is due to be recorded on F-IRE this November. In summer of this year he was selected unanimously by a jury of Jamie Cullum, Gilles Peterson and Jez Nelson to perform at 'BBC Introducing' showcase, Band on the Wall, as part of Manchester Jazz Festival. The live recording was broadcast in August for BBC Radio 3.
"You can hear, not only in his playing, but also in his composing, little bits of Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk, right up there to Keith Jarrett and Brad Mehldau. You can hear his classical influences - the tricksy mathematical compositions of Bach for example. But he's also definitely inspired by the rhythms and offbeat textures of hip-hop producers like J Dilla. He brings together a great heritage of the past, but also something very fresh and new, all the within the confines of a simple acoustic piano trio." (Jamie Cullum)
"A precocious talent with an ability to mix contemporary hip-hop and electronic influences with those from recent decades of jazz history... he certainly has an approach to the piano trio that shows real promise for the future." (Bruce Lindsay - AllAboutJazz)
"There’s no mistaking Marshall’s ferocious talents both in composition and delivery... a well-versed pianist with an ear for everything throughout the history of jazz and beyond, certainly unafraid to bare his love of hip-hop. Think J-Dilla or The Roots and you’re probably hitting the mark." (JJ Wheeler - JazzBreakfast)
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